- Defending a major managed care organization in consolidated lawsuits brought by the Department of Justice and qui tam relators under the False Claims Act alleging up to $1 billion in damages related to Medicare Advantage risk adjustment
- Coordinating responses to requests from the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General for a major managed care organization in connection with a multi-year investigation into Medicare Advantage risk adjustment practices
- Conducting efficient and thorough internal investigations on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, including various investigations implicating the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Medicare Advantage regulations on behalf of a major managed care organization
- Representing a global financial services company in an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including coordinating review and production of critical documents
- Advocating for clients in other complex civil litigation, including pursuing allegations of copyright infringement on behalf of a search and analytics company
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- California
Education
- University of California at Berkeley, J.D.; Order of the Coif; Second Place in Adam A. Milani Disability Law Writing Competition; Best Brief Award in Written and Oral Advocacy
- Dartmouth College, B.A., History
Honors & Awards
- Received UC Berkeley School of Law’s Prosser Prize in Advanced Legal Research and Business Associations, and the American Jurisprudence Award in White Collar Crime
Professional Activities
Publications
- Stephen D. Sugarman & Caitlin Boucher, Re-Imagining the Dignitary Torts, 14 J. Tort L. 101 (2021)
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